A black and white photograph at the 1st Australian Field Hospital, Vung Tau, South Vietnam, Nursing Sister Lt Desley McLean assisted by a Medic wheels a patient out of the intensive care ward to be delivered to the surgical ward.photograph, 1st australian field hospital, vung tau, lt desley mclean, medic, gibbons collection catalogue, australian army nurses

A black and white photograph at the 1st Australian Field Hospital, Vung Tau, South Vietnam, Nursing Sister Lt Desley McLean assisted by a Medic wheels a patient from the intensive care ward to the surgical ward, while a digger looks on from the triage in the distance.photograph, 1st australian field hospital, vung tau, lt desley mclean, medic, digger, gibbons collection catalogue, nurse

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps Sister Lt Desley McLean wheeling a patient from triage to the surgical ward at the 1st Australian Field Hospital, Vung Tau, South Vietnam. The quick transfer of patients from theatre to wards made way for other casualties.photograph, royal australian army nursing corps, lt desley mclean, 1st australian field hospital, vung tau, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war, triage, surgical ward, wounded serviceman